Manipal hospitals enter Malaysia

Manipal group recently announced the construction of a tertiary care multi-speciality facility in Malaysia

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Singapore: Manipal group, a leading healthcare services provider, recently announced its plans to build a tertiary care multi-specialty hospital in Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang, Malaysia. The global healthcare giant will be investing RM140 million ($22.52 mn) for the completion of this facility, according to sources.

According to a statement released by Manipal, the hospital will commence commercial operations from the first half of 2015. The Klang facility will provide healthcare services with super specialties like cardiothoracic surgery, neurology and neuro surgery, nephrology, vascular and plastic surgery and paediatric surgery.

Other specialty services like cardiology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, dental and critical care will also be available at the hospital. Each of these departments will be a center of excellence, said Manipal group in a statement.

The wide range of mutli-specialty services qualifies Manipal Hospitals Klang to be classified as a tertiary-care hospital, making it the eighth such hospital in the group. The hospital will have a team of over 300 nursing staff and 60 resident and visiting specialists when it is commissioned in 2015.